David Lock               b. 1970, Leicester, UK. Lives and works in London.

Education

00-01                          MA Fine Art                          Goldsmiths’ College, London

99-00                          PG (Dip) Fine Art                 Goldsmiths’ College, London

95-99                          BA (Hons) Fine Art              University of Reading, Reading

94-95                          Art Foundation                    De-Montfort University, Leicester

Solo Exhibitions

‘Fragmented Eros’, studio.1.1, London

‘John Jones Work on Paper Prize’, Zoo Art Fair, London

‘Misfits & Maladies’, FRED London/Leipzig

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018

‘Rules of Freedom’, curated by Rosalind Davis, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London

‘John Moores Painting Prize 2018’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

‘Creative Rage’, curated by Duovision Arts, Stoke Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Staffordshire

‘The Performativity of Painting’, curated by Alex Roberts, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich

2017

‘Crimes of Passion: Joe Orton’. The National Justice Museum, Nottingham

‘What the Artist Saw: New Art Inspired by the Life and Work of Joe Orton’, curated by Michael Petry and Dr Emma Parker, MOCA, London, and travelled to New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester

‘Adam Reynolds Bursary, Shortlist Exhibition’, Artlink, Hull

‘Three100’, No Format, London

‘Painting: Experiment’, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

2016

‘The Discerning Eye’, invited by Dan Coombs, and Sacha Craddock, Mall Galleries, London

’30 x 30 x 32′, Contemporary British Painting show, St Marylebone Crypt, London

2015

‘Art of the Lived Experiment’, Curated by Amanda Cachia and Aaron Williamson, Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA), and Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

2014

‘DadaFest: Art of the Lived Experiment’, curated by Aaron Williamson, The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

‘Threadneedle Prize’, guest curated by Sacha Craddock, Mall Galleries, London

‘Arcus Pride Exhibition’, curated by Michael Petry, Clifford Chance, London

‘Adam Reynolds Bursary, Shortlist Exhibition’, Shape Gallery, London

2013

‘Together’, curated by Enzo Marra, Occupy My Time Gallery, London

‘Masquerade – Be Another’, curated by Eléonore Gros and Alicia Paz, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London

‘Unknown Sitter’, curated by Covadonga Valdes, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London

‘A House of Many Windows’, curated by Gluckman & Day, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London

‘Six Degrees Of Separation’, curated by Juan Bolivar, Wimbledon Space, London

2012

‘Ex Roma III’, APT Gallery, London

‘Wher’ You Live Now’, The British School at Rome, Italy

‘I Don’t Know How A Rock Feels’, The British School at Rome, Italy

2011

‘Seven Things to Do In An Emergency’, The British School at Rome, Italy

2010

‘Misfits’, DS Contemporary, Belgium

2008

‘Import/Export’, Fred Leipzig,

2007

‘Mark Fairnington, Mathew Usmar Lauder, David Lock and Kate Davis’, Binz & Kramer Gallery, Cologne

‘The Juddykes’, curated by Ben Judd and Howard Dyke, John Jones Project Space, London

2006

‘Metropolis Rise: New Art from London’, Curated by Anthony Gross and Jen Wu

Dashanzi 798 Art District, Beijing and travelling to CDQ Design Centre, Shanghai, China

2005

‘Uneven Surfaces: Painting Now’, TemporaryContemporary, London

‘Mesmer: Scrutiny, Seduction and slight of hand’, Temporary Contemporary, London

Awards and Residencies

2011                          ‘Abbey Scholarship in Painting’, The British School at Rome

2006                         ‘John Jones Work on Paper Prize’, Zoo Art Fair, London

Bibliography

David Lock, Floorr Magazine, Issue 17, 2018

‘Relative Values’, David Lock interview with Gemma de Cruz. ‘Art & Music Magazine, 2017

Always There, Sacha Craddock, The Threadneedle Prize Curated Space, 2014

David Lock: Misfits & Maladies, Daisy Boyd, Amelias Magazine, July 2007

Catalogues and Publications            

John Moores Painting Prize 2018, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2018

The Performativity of Painting, The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, 2018

What the Artist Saw: Art Inspired by the Life and Work of Joe Orton, MOCA, London, 2017

Art of the Lived Experiment, GRAM, UICA & KCAD, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2015

Art of the Lived Experiment, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2014

The Threadneedle Prize, The Mall Galleries, 2014

Fine Arts 2011-12, The British School at Rome, 2012

Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art. Blanche Craig, Black Dog Publishing, 2008

Metropolis Rise: New Art from London. Anthony Gross & Jen Wu, 2008

Commissions

Set designer for ‘Set and Reset/Reset’ by CandoCo Dance Company. In association with Trisha Brown Dance Company. For Candoco’s 20th anniversary season.

Public Collections

John Jones, London